CLOSED: More bug/insect pictures

I have some more pictures. I think I know what they are, but would like confirmation. Here we go...

#1 Lady Bug

#2 Aphid - hanging onto the underside of the leaf.

#3 Spider of some sort?

#4 Leafhopper, this one is green and red

#5 slug

#6 Another spider

I think #2 is a Leafhopper.

#1 appears to be Harmonia axyridis, the Asian Ladybeetle

I think #6 is a Harvestman and not a spider. Spiders have a clearly differentiated thorax and abdomen, whereas the Harvestmen (Opiliones) have them appear merged. It looks as if it could be a species of Leiobunum: http://davesgarden.com/bf/go/690/

Kennedy

Interesting, the Harvestman is not a spider. I'm not surprised that I am incorrect mind you, I don't know anything about these kinds of critters. I see on the bugfile, it's also listed as Daddy Long Legs and that is what I always thought of them as, but now, when I see one, I will think Harvestman. There's tons in my garden.

claypa, yes I see #2 does look like a tiny leafhopper. This thing was not even a tenth of the size of the other leafhoppers in my garden. Maybe a baby leafhopper?

Thanks.

Young leafhoppers have different stages of development that might not be recognizable as a Leafhopper at first glance, and some do resemble Aphids:

http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=leafhopper+nymph&search=Search

It could easily be a different species, there are thousands!

#4 looks like Scarlet-and-green Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea)

http://bugguide.net/node/view/518


What color was #6? If it was solid brown it could be Brown Daddy-log-legs (Phalangium opilio)

http://bugguide.net/node/view/33840/bgpage

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if it was yellowish-greenish brown with blackish stripes it could be an Eastern Daddy-long-legs (Leiobunum spp.).

http://bugguide.net/node/view/30203





This message was edited Jul 9, 2007 9:59 AM

maccionoadha- #6 is brown. I can definitely get better pictures because I have tons of these in the garden. I saw an orange bodied one today in the garden. Didn't get his picture though. I have a lot of those brown ones. So they are friends, right? Not foes?

Daddy-long-legs are beneficial insects. They don't bite people. In fact, as I was growing up we used to hold them all the time, but had to be careful, their legs are very delecate and can break off easily.

I'm not worried about getting bitten. When I said friends, I meant, do they eat other insects that feed on the plants? That kind of thing. As I kid, I handled them too.

Yes, they eat other insects: spiders, flies, aphids, leafhoppers, snails, earthworms. They also are scavangers and will eat: dead invertabrates, bird droppings, as well as the gills of fungi, sugary sweets and moth bait.

This message was edited Jul 17, 2007 8:21 PM

Great! Sounds like a friend to me! My garden is loaded with them and I always thought they were friendly, so now I know for sure.